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I'm a single mother, never married. Professionally, I am an academic advisor at the University of Northern Iowa. Personally, I enjoy going places and doing things with my daughter, Bailey. I'm also a personal advocate for the March of Dimes.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

10 Years Later--Where Has The Time Gone?

March 28th marked Bailey's 10th Birthday.  Or as she likes to put it, 'double digits baby'.  We celebrated her special day on a few different occassions: A trip to the Book Fair, Library and Pizza Ranch with Mom, a family party at Coral Ridge Mall (including both of us ice skating for the first time ever) and a friend party at our house where the girls played hide and seek for hours and created banana split cake sundaes.

This year was a true year of reflection for me as I looked back at all the great memories over the past 10 years.  In the weeks leading up to Bailey's birthday, I had fun scanning and saving old negatives and pictures through the years.  I even got creative and played around with making a video which can be viewed at  http://www.vimeo.com/22133222 .

Happy Birthday To You.
Happy Birthday To You.
Happy Birthday Dear Bailey.
Happy Birthday To You.

1st Birthday
2nd Birthday
3rd Birthday
4th Birthday
5th Birthday
6th Birthday
7th Birthday
8th Birthday
9th Birthday
10th Birthday

And Many More........

Mount Pleasant School Art Show: Year 2

Back on March 13th we attended Mount Pleasant School District's 36th Annual Art Show.  For the 2nd year, Bailey had one of her art projects selected for the show.  There were so many great works of art on display by the students, but for the 2nd year in a row, this work of art gets my vote for Best of Show.